You
can be fined up to $10,000.00 for illegal open burning in North
Carolina.

Things you may NOT burn:

Garbage,
Paper and Cardboard

Tires
and other rubber products

Building
materials, including lumber and wood scraps

Wire,
plastics and synthetic materials

Asphalt
shingles and heavy oils

Paints,
household and agricultural chemicals

Things
you may burn:

Yard
trimmings (excluding logs and stumps)

Campfires

Outdoor
barbeques

Bonfires
for festive occasions

Landowners
can also open burn vegetation to clear land or rights-of-way,
provided that:

Prevailing
winds are away from built up areas and roads.

Fires
are at least 1,000 feet away from occupied buildings.

Burning
is done between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Other
occasions where open burning is allowed- with Division of Air
Quality approval- includes fires for: Training firefighting personnel,
managing forest lands or wildlife habitat; controlling agricultural
diseases and pests, and disposing of storm damaged materials generated
by hurricanes and tornadoes and other natural disasters.

You
need a permit from the North Carolina Division of Forest Resources
or local government before you can burn, even for allowable purposes.
However, such permits do not excuse a person from following the
state’s open burning rules.